March 16, 2009

As of Monday, March 16, 2009, eleven additional people have sent in contributions to help get the Hal Turner Show back on the air. That brings the total contributors to fourteen.

The show will return on March 25 at 9:00 PM and will be available LIVE via the internet for all to tune-in, but it is only funded for ONE month.

Over the weekend, I brought back my broadcast gear from storage and began testing it. So far so good. The server is totally rebuilt and ready to be shipped to the data center from which it will operate and broadcast the show.

* Four inbound telephone lines to accommodate callers $59. each through Vonage under their Business Plan-- $240 per month

* Second Cable Modem to accommodate studio data -- $49. per month

* Back-up DSL Line for studio in case of outage or Ddos attack $39. per month

* Server software licensing fee -- $59 per month

TOTAL bare bones cost: $1,006 per month

This doesn't even include music licensing fees for ARISTA, BMI, ASCAP and the like which covers the fees to use their copyrighted music during the shows, copyright filing fees with the Library of Congress, technicians to maintain the server or troubleshoot it when something goes wrong.

$5 s a month shouldn't be too much to ask even though the economy stinks, so I hope you will take a moment to mail your help in right now.

As outlined in the left column of this blog, I cannot accept PayPal or Google payment services because they get shut down. Stormpay is not accepting new accounts, and the bank is still reviewing my application to accept credit cards directly through a Merchant Account. So the only alternative at the present time is for you to tuck a $5 into an envelope and mail it.